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in that body of knowledge which shall lead to sane, normal 

 physical and mental growth. 



The effect of environment as typified in town vs. country life 

 and their effect on physical and moral standards, emotional 

 states and intellectual life is used as basis for a plea for return 

 to suburban and country life for children. Educational the- 

 ories and practice as shown in the United States, England, 

 France and Germany are reviewed not from the point of view 

 of the system but of the child so that the student may arrive 

 at a basis for judgment in training the individual child so that 

 he may best develop his own individuality in conformity to 

 social demands. 



The relation of the state to the problem of the family is studied 

 under the topics infant mortality as affected by race, poverty, 

 social evil, other diseases, woman in industry. 



The methods used in this and other countries for saving babies 

 are studied and the problem of the education of the ignorant or 

 foreign in our own country so that there may be a reduction 

 in infant mortality is discussed. The problem of pensioning 

 expectant mothers and new mothers as in France so that they 

 may be properly fed and nursed, the district nursing system, 

 free milk depots and maternal clinics form part of the subject. 



The housing problem as found in our large cities and attempts 

 to remedy the evil and in a measure prevent its spread are im- 

 portant topics. Child labor with its evils ; reforms necessary ; 

 institutional life with its death rate, and low physical standard; 

 the cost of these to the country, lead to a discussion of what the 

 home life should mean to the child, with its opportunity for 

 growth in individuality, obedience, thoughtfulness, and devel- 

 opment of the will in response to all that is best in inheritance 

 and environment. 



The central thought of the course is conservation of human 

 life by improving individuals, homes, cities so that future gen- 

 erations may reach higher levels of efficiency that those pre- 

 ceding them have reached. One of the effects after one year 

 of work is a vital interest in the study of inheritance and infant 

 mortality which has led one graduate to take the study of the 

 vital statistics of her own town for the past few years as the 

 subject for a thesis for an advanced degree. 



OUTLINE OF LECTURES ON HUMANICS 



I. Embryology 



Development of the infant, with a study of cell division 

 II. Theories of Inheritance 



Physical basis of theories 



Modern development of Mendelian law 



